Friday, March 14, 2014

PTA 7th Annual Retreat

I just returned from our 7th annual PTA retreat - great fun as always....Some of the highlights..

Our "freebee table filled with fabric, books to read, and magazines that need a good home.

Wonderful snacks including twizzlers to match our outfits...

Quilts that grew very quickly....

This is Leigh Ann's quilt in progress - really fun to see in person and utilizes a great technique for construction.

Kate's Trip Around the World...only 1 of 2 quilts she worked on - Kate is a super fast piecer.

Mary's quilt which will be queen size, doubled it's size from this point in time...Wow

Gen's wonderful red and white quilt - very striking...

Lynn made the top for this lovely quilt...just needed binding. She used pre-cut Moda fabric squares and they worked like a charm.

I had a couple of quilts in the works all of them using this line of Moda I purchased many years ago (and forgot I had). It still needs a border and then quilting.

Details...This is the "Block Party" quilt I have on my blog under tutorials. I've made this many times in the form of an I Spy quilt for children and most recently my granddaughter...how different it looks made up in this fabric.

And a good reason for removing pins as you sew....ooops...

Georgia getting her daily exercise....

As the clock ticks towards 5:00, we look forward to Happy Hour back at the house...

sitting around the table and answering our question for this retreat. This has become an annual tradition...given a question, we answer anonymously on paper - this year - advice our mothers gave us.

It snowed the second night and we woke up to this beautiful scene...not enough to get us stranded....too bad...we had enough fabric, food, wine and laughs to last another day...Already looking forward to next year. This is linked to Nina Marie Sayre's blog.

Oh, how oh how does one get invited to this kind of gathering!!? So envious of the energy and laughter and fun the at went on. Thanks for letting us in on it. sigh. Wish I was there.LeeAnna Paylorlapaylor.blogspot.com

LeeAnna, One of our high energy gals - Mary Stori decided years ago that we needed a retreat - She organized the whole event and it was such a wild success, she's been our "cruise director" ever since....We all consider this one of our best times all year.

The Quilt Show

Judy Simmons

I've always loved to sew and for the last 30 years have been passionate about surface design - creating fabric using various
surface design techniques and imagery for art quilts. I also love sewing clothing and interior design.
Someday soon, I'll love playing in my studio with my granddaughter.